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8.1% Voted by 5 PM at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach
A flock of coots on Crystal Lake. Unlike these coots that I saw on the way to vote at the Crystal Lake Park District Main Beach House, this old coot had a mission besides survival. It was to...
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Off to the Rowing Regatta
The tents were up last night for a number of the clubs competing in the Greater Chicago Junior Rowing Championships. Crystal Lake was calm on the morning of the regatta. This morning about 7:15,...
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Band Concert Tonight at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach
The Crystal Lake Band performed during the 4th of July Parade and also reminded folks they will hold a concert Sunday night at the Main Beach. Tonight there will not only be fireworks at Crystal Lake’s...
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Storm Closes Joseph’s Market
There were 4 1/2 inches of rain in Crystal Lake on Thursday and Friday. That’s what a rain gauge on Woodland Drive read. The drainage area behind the baseball field at the Crystal Lake Park District's...
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Message of the Day – Beached
More often than not, this is what I see on the way home. It’s a view of Crystal Lake through the wrought iron fence of the Crystal Lake Park District’s Main Beach. End of the summer at Crystal Lake's...
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What You See from the Main Beach When Rowers Compete
Specks way out in the lake turn into people when if you watched the Greater Chicago Juniors Rowing Championships at the Crystal Lake Park District’s Main Beach yesterday. Before I show you a series of...
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Message of the Day – A Calendar
The Crystal Lake Park District is using shirts issued to Main Beach employees to advertise events being held there this summer. Take a look: The 2012 events at Crystal Lake's Main Beach. Click to...
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Simple Pleasure Denied
I don’t know why people like water, but they certainly do. Maybe bodies of water have a calming effect on humans. In any event, I have savored the view from the stop sign at Lake Avenue right in front...
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My Precinct at 5 PM
Readers know that I am following the Lakewood Village Trustee race. The only signs outside the Main Beach polling place were for write-in candidates Sascha Chadwick and Paul Serwatka. In 2011, only 28...
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CL Main Beach, Two in Wonder Lake Closed by Health Department
A press release from the McHenry County Health Department: Beaches closed due to elevated bacteria levels A hot July day saw lots of people gathering at the Crystal Lake Park District’s Main Beach…even...
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8.1% Voted by 5 PM at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach
A flock of coots on Crystal Lake. Unlike these coots that I saw on the way to vote at the Crystal Lake Park District Main Beach House, this old coot had a mission besides survival. It was to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Off to the Rowing Regatta
The tents were up last night for a number of the clubs competing in the Greater Chicago Junior Rowing Championships. Crystal Lake was calm on the morning of the regatta. This morning about 7:15,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Band Concert Tonight at Crystal Lake’s Main Beach
The Crystal Lake Band performed during the 4th of July Parade and also reminded folks they will hold a concert Sunday night at the Main Beach. Tonight there will not only be fireworks at Crystal Lake’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Storm Closes Joseph’s Market
There were 4 1/2 inches of rain in Crystal Lake on Thursday and Friday. That’s what a rain gauge on Woodland Drive read. The drainage area behind the baseball field at the Crystal Lake Park District's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Message of the Day – Beached
More often than not, this is what I see on the way home. It’s a view of Crystal Lake through the wrought iron fence of the Crystal Lake Park District’s Main Beach. End of the summer at Crystal Lake's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
What You See from the Main Beach When Rowers Compete
Specks way out in the lake turn into people when if you watched the Greater Chicago Juniors Rowing Championships at the Crystal Lake Park District’s Main Beach yesterday. Before I show you a series of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Message of the Day – A Calendar
The Crystal Lake Park District is using shirts issued to Main Beach employees to advertise events being held there this summer. Take a look: The 2012 events at Crystal Lake's Main Beach. Click to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Simple Pleasure Denied
I don’t know why people like water, but they certainly do. Maybe bodies of water have a calming effect on humans. In any event, I have savored the view from the stop sign at Lake Avenue right in front...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Precinct at 5 PM
Readers know that I am following the Lakewood Village Trustee race. The only signs outside the Main Beach polling place were for write-in candidates Sascha Chadwick and Paul Serwatka. In 2011, only 28...
View ArticleClik here to view.
CL Main Beach, Two in Wonder Lake Closed by Health Department
A press release from the McHenry County Health Department: Beaches closed due to elevated bacteria levels A hot July day saw lots of people gathering at the Crystal Lake Park District’s Main Beach…even...
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